Same here.  50% to 66% if memory serves.  Very substantial difference.

Weird being as they're both the same 7240 chipset...


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On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 9:07 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Actually, my experience has been that ePMP generally uses a bit less power
> than UBNT...
>
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 2:36 PM Timothy Steele <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Runs at 70 watts and it powers X3 AFXHDs, AC BH, AC Sector AP,
>>
>> Solar is much less of a pain with UBNT cambium just sucks power so you
>> cambium guys have fun with that..
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018, 5:25 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> But your relay site is drawing what?  50 watts maybe.
>>>
>>> Big difference between 50 and 250 when it is a constant load.
>>>
>>> *From:* Timothy Steele
>>> *Sent:* Friday, October 5, 2018 3:11 PM
>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Solar system rough cost
>>>
>>> Up in the NC Foot Hills x3 220 Watt Panels x4 Golf Cart Batteries keep
>>> Relay sites powered up nicely
>>>
>>> the pricey part is the charge controller
>>>
>>> Golf Cart batteries save you a lot in cost, but you will need to keep an
>>> eye on the water level inside the batteries
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 4:58 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We do about half the solar panels as Chuck, and we only really need 10
>>>> days on the batteries. We have sometimes done less on both of those and
>>>> depending on the exact location.
>>>>
>>>> We are on the 37° parallel, and get no snow, and no really hot weather,
>>>> so we are in a fairly ideal solar environment. I'm not sure exactly where
>>>> you need this, but you must be somewhere around the 28° parallel? You
>>>> should get a lot more sun, but you probably also get a lot of cloud
>>>> activity. Your typically higher temperatures will derate your solar panels
>>>> as their output decreases with heat.
>>>>
>>>> You're burning 3600 watt-hours per day. That's a tall order for a
>>>> customer. I'm guessing this is a lot more than just internet access?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> bp
>>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/5/2018 1:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Is this Florida?
>>>>
>>>> In Utah, off grid, snow on the panels, worst case.  No sun for two
>>>> weeks this is what I have used that has been field proven.
>>>>
>>>> 20X load worth of panels
>>>> 2 weeks of autonomy worth of batts.
>>>>
>>>> I would say if you went 200 watts * 20 is 4000 watts of panel.
>>>> So $2K for the panels.
>>>>
>>>> 200*24*14=67 kWh of batt * 10 cents = $6.7K for batts
>>>>
>>>> You can get batts for as low as 6 cents per watt hour.  I used 20 cents
>>>> there.
>>>> Batts may be as low as half that.  Even less if you don’t have to worry
>>>> about snow etc.
>>>>
>>>> So $10K in Utah.
>>>> In Florida you do not need 2 weeks.  What is the longest interval of
>>>> solid overcast?
>>>> You also have longer days in the winter.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Prince has some figures for no snow areas.
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Paul McCall
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, October 5, 2018 1:59 PM
>>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Solar system rough cost
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We have not done solar systems before, but am looking at it for a
>>>> customer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Need 150watt sustained, so figure about 250 to cover ourselves.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looks like we get about 5.5hours per day of “peak sun”.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any rough idea on how much it would cost for a system to do this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Paul, PDMNet
>>>>
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